Over Easy: Monday Science

We got a hot, muggy weekend with more of the same coming. Along with scattered, yet intense, thundershowers. Some folks were still without power last night, though fortunately we weren’t one of them. Wish we could ship some of this to California!

Fukushima Update:

Lots of good stuff here. Bottom line: They’re admitting that the melt has left the containment vessels (not news to those paying attention) and they’ve admitted it is doing “bad things” to the pressure containment vessel. The MAPP program they refer to is the best simulation that we have for reactor melt down.

Fukushima sends us flowers. These photos are from an area that the JG has declared safe to return to. Probably not radiation, just intense selective breeding then. Right?

The drainage canal that we’ve discussed before that contains highly radioactive water is overflowing into the ocean. 2,000+ Bq/l of beta emitting substances, plus the alpha emitting substances they won’t really discuss. TEPCO is simply monitoring this, they admit there’s nothing they can do.

The icewall is a complete failure. The melts are in direct contact with rainwater and groundwater due to the holes everywhere. The Japanese press says little due to the new secrecy laws. The JG will come down hard on anything that might delay reactor restarts.